The Melbourne Fish Market wholesaled around a million rabbits a year during 1880-1900, with a major spike in numbers to around 5 million rabbits a year in the early to mid-1890s.

And that is just one bit of the trivia in this long read.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/9Ym45u/:14!9KVhjY:aPR5MQBB

sarahs mum said:

The Melbourne Fish Market wholesaled around a million rabbits a year during 1880-1900, with a major spike in numbers to around 5 million rabbits a year in the early to mid-1890s.

And that is just one bit of the trivia in this long read.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/9Ym45u/:14!9KVhjY:aPR5MQBB

“Tell your mother thanks for the rabbits”

One of the best earners in Australia was 32-year-old Frank Hogno. Hogno trapped around Tamworth for five months a year and averaged ￡100 a week. For the remaining seven months of the year he stayed with his wife and two girls in Kirribilli in Sydney and lived the life of a gentleman. Despite not working for most of each year he had savings of over ￡5,000 by 1946. He started this routine in 1942 and expected to continue it for as long as he could.

I don’t think you can buy rabbits now because of the various virusus that have been released in an effort to elimate them is Aus.

Peak Warming Man said:

I don’t think you can buy rabbits now because of the various virusus that have been released in an effort to elimate them is Aus.

Occasionally I see them advertised at my local butcher. They are farm bred. A while back there was a break in somewhere down here where meat rabbit breeding stock was stolen.

sarahs mum said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I don’t think you can buy rabbits now because of the various virusus that have been released in an effort to elimate them is Aus.

Occasionally I see them advertised at my local butcher. They are farm bred. A while back there was a break in somewhere down here where meat rabbit breeding stock was stolen.

I was born in 1940 and during the war there was meat rationing, the bunnies were a large source of animal protein which I preferred to lamb and beef.

Peak Warming Man said:

I don’t think you can buy rabbits now because of the various virusus that have been released in an effort to elimate them is Aus.

Our local markets sell/sold them, my dad bought one earlier this year, was about $30 for one rabbit.

bob(from black rock) said:

sarahs mum said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I don’t think you can buy rabbits now because of the various virusus that have been released in an effort to elimate them is Aus.

Occasionally I see them advertised at my local butcher. They are farm bred. A while back there was a break in somewhere down here where meat rabbit breeding stock was stolen.

I was born in 1940 and during the war there was meat rationing, the bunnies were a large source of animal protein which I preferred to lamb and beef.

A bloke used to go around with a horse and cart yelling out “Rabbito”.

bob(from black rock) said:

sarahs mum said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I don’t think you can buy rabbits now because of the various virusus that have been released in an effort to elimate them is Aus.

Occasionally I see them advertised at my local butcher. They are farm bred. A while back there was a break in somewhere down here where meat rabbit breeding stock was stolen.

I was born in 1940 and during the war there was meat rationing, the bunnies were a large source of animal protein which I preferred to lamb and beef.

I was born in ’58 and was the youngest. The family all spoke nostalgically of rabbit. If mum threw a couple into a pudding bowl and covered them with milk everyone else got excited.I never shared their enthusiasm. I never raided the dripping pot either. ‘Oh this will be fine dripping’ you heard them say.

plenty rabbits around here presently, otherside of town too.

larry’s a bit uncontrollable when sees one or gets on the scent

sarahs mum said:

bob(from black rock) said:

sarahs mum said:

Occasionally I see them advertised at my local butcher. They are farm bred. A while back there was a break in somewhere down here where meat rabbit breeding stock was stolen.

I was born in 1940 and during the war there was meat rationing, the bunnies were a large source of animal protein which I preferred to lamb and beef.

I was born in ’58 and was the youngest. The family all spoke nostalgically of rabbit. If mum threw a couple into a pudding bowl and covered them with milk everyone else got excited.I never shared their enthusiasm. I never raided the dripping pot either. ‘Oh this will be fine dripping’ you heard them say.

Hehe, when I were lad we were poor and rabbit was cheap, mum used to try and tell us it was chicken, we went along with it.
Chicken and duck were only had at Christmas when dad would behead a couple and put them in boiling water do defeather them, what larks we had, hey pip.

Russian dog

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

bob(from black rock) said:

I was born in 1940 and during the war there was meat rationing, the bunnies were a large source of animal protein which I preferred to lamb and beef.

I was born in ’58 and was the youngest. The family all spoke nostalgically of rabbit. If mum threw a couple into a pudding bowl and covered them with milk everyone else got excited.I never shared their enthusiasm. I never raided the dripping pot either. ‘Oh this will be fine dripping’ you heard them say.

Hehe, when I were lad we were poor and rabbit was cheap, mum used to try and tell us it was chicken, we went along with it.
Chicken and duck were only had at Christmas when dad would behead a couple and put them in boiling water do defeather them, what larks we had, hey pip.

Aunty Elva would bring the chooks and the jellied beetroot. She would win the chooks at bowls.

‘Rates of consumption spiked during World War II. The cessation of exports resulted in increased local supplies of rabbit meat while supplies of beef, mutton and lamb were rationed. Dunn estimates that Australians consumed 27 million rabbits a year during the 1940s and figures published in The Official Year Book of New South Wales, which showed that consumption of rabbit meat “per head per annum” increased from 9.7 pounds in 1938-39 to 16.1 pounds in 1948, support this claim.

Following the release of the myxomatosis virus retailed rabbits could not be purchased anywhere in Australia for under 4s a pair, which priced them out of most household budgets. Chicken replaced rabbit on household tables from 1960 onwards. Andrea Insch and Bradley Bowden estimate that during the last third of the twentieth century “chicken meat consumption per person rose from 4.4 to 32.9 kilograms, rivalling beef in totals of consumption.”’

transition said:

plenty rabbits around here presently, otherside of town too.

larry’s a bit uncontrollable when sees one or gets on the scent

Has the larry ever actually caught one?

I don’t recall if I have ever eaten rabbit. I don’t think so.

Local butcher sometimes sells hares which I assume are local wild ones (I often see them pottering about in my garden) but they’re not cheap. Make tasty stews though.

This paper totally ignores any environmental impact comment. I suppose that side of the argument is well thrashed.

It does suggest that there was money in rabbits across the classes. Its a sort socio economic nostalgia.

>>rivalling beef

Let’s hear no more of such talk.

>Has the larry ever actually caught one?

let him off the lead and it’d be two hours catching him, that’s after he bailed up a few old people and put them in hospital, and caused a vehicle accident on the highway

party_pants said:

I don’t recall if I have ever eaten rabbit. I don’t think so.

In my childhood we’d sometimes be given rabbits by neighbours who were hunting enthusiasts. You’d have to spit out shotgun pellets every now and then.

transition said:

>Has the larry ever actually caught one?

let him off the lead and it’d be two hours catching him, that’s after he bailed up a few old people and put them in hospital, and caused a vehicle accident on the highway

Bad Larry.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

I don’t recall if I have ever eaten rabbit. I don’t think so.

In my childhood we’d sometimes be given rabbits by neighbours who were hunting enthusiasts. You’d have to spit out shotgun pellets every now and then.

I’ve only ever seen that in movies.

The army slouch hat is made from felt from rabbit fur which is now sourced from China.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

I don’t recall if I have ever eaten rabbit. I don’t think so.

In my childhood we’d sometimes be given rabbits by neighbours who were hunting enthusiasts. You’d have to spit out shotgun pellets every now and then.

You’re lying.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

I don’t recall if I have ever eaten rabbit. I don’t think so.

In my childhood we’d sometimes be given rabbits by neighbours who were hunting enthusiasts. You’d have to spit out shotgun pellets every now and then.

You’re lying.

Na. He’s telling the truth.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

I don’t recall if I have ever eaten rabbit. I don’t think so.

In my childhood we’d sometimes be given rabbits by neighbours who were hunting enthusiasts. You’d have to spit out shotgun pellets every now and then.

You’re lying.

No.

When my parents retired and moved to Tasmania my Dad also bought a shotgun, but I don’t remember him ever shooting rabbits, only snakes.

Car got so good at it that he could spit the pellets at another rabbit, killing it. And so the cycle of violence continued.

dv said:

Car got so good at it that he could spit the pellets at another rabbit, killing it. And so the cycle of violence continued.

Ha.

I once read a “manuscript” by an old guy. It was about his life during the depression and it was centre’s around rabbit shooting. So many dead rabbits.

transition said:

>Has the larry ever actually caught one?

let him off the lead and it’d be two hours catching him, that’s after he bailed up a few old people and put them in hospital, and caused a vehicle accident on the highway

Is he related to Grace?

Peak Warming Man said:

transition said:

plenty rabbits around here presently, otherside of town too.

larry’s a bit uncontrollable when sees one or gets on the scent

Has the larry ever actually caught one?

He’s probably shit one or roundabouts.

Peak Warming Man said:

Has the larry ever actually caught one?

He’s probably shit ON one or roundabouts.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Has the larry ever actually caught one?

He’s probably shit ON one or roundabouts.

That’s how he caused the accident, shitting in the middle of a roundabout.

One of our party had rabbit at The Black Footed Pig in Salamanca on Saturday evening just past. It looked good. But as it was my niece’s boyfriend (niece was absent) and I’d only just met him, I thought it would be rude to ask for a taste to see how it was. We have also had wild rabbit in the last ten years or so when I had a staff member who went out hunting them. Occasionally I was given one (skinned and gutted). I like rabbit baked in a closed casserole with bacon and carrot.

buffy said:

One of our party had rabbit at The Black Footed Pig in Salamanca on Saturday evening just past. It looked good. But as it was my niece’s boyfriend (niece was absent) and I’d only just met him, I thought it would be rude to ask for a taste to see how it was. We have also had wild rabbit in the last ten years or so when I had a staff member who went out hunting them. Occasionally I was given one (skinned and gutted). I like rabbit baked in a closed casserole with bacon and carrot.

what did you eat then and how was it? :)

sarahs mum said:

buffy said:

One of our party had rabbit at The Black Footed Pig in Salamanca on Saturday evening just past. It looked good. But as it was my niece’s boyfriend (niece was absent) and I’d only just met him, I thought it would be rude to ask for a taste to see how it was. We have also had wild rabbit in the last ten years or so when I had a staff member who went out hunting them. Occasionally I was given one (skinned and gutted). I like rabbit baked in a closed casserole with bacon and carrot.

what did you eat then and how was it? :)

I et rib eye steak. It was acceptable. It was one of those meals that was good, but not so good you thought you should go back there quickly. I suspect we eat too well at home, actually.

buffy said:

sarahs mum said:

buffy said:

One of our party had rabbit at The Black Footed Pig in Salamanca on Saturday evening just past. It looked good. But as it was my niece’s boyfriend (niece was absent) and I’d only just met him, I thought it would be rude to ask for a taste to see how it was. We have also had wild rabbit in the last ten years or so when I had a staff member who went out hunting them. Occasionally I was given one (skinned and gutted). I like rabbit baked in a closed casserole with bacon and carrot.

what did you eat then and how was it? :)

I et rib eye steak. It was acceptable. It was one of those meals that was good, but not so good you thought you should go back there quickly. I suspect we eat too well at home, actually.

noted. :)

Went a bit more downmarket for breakfast this morning….ham and cheese croissant and hot chocolate at Banjo’s. I looked in the Sandler window while it was heating up. I like shoe shops…it was closed. And anyway, I already bought a pair of boots this season. But the full length leather boots are all at $100 now…

Rabbits in china

dv said:

Rabbits in china
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lol

After rabbits stopped bring sold for human consumption they were still used in pet food. eg.

“Sourced from 100% Australian suppliers, the rabbit used in Big Dog Rabbit RAW is naturally grown in the wild. No farmed rabbits on our plate!

“With high levels of calcium and phosphorus and low levels of cholesterol, Rabbit has a great nutritional profile. Our Rabbit is also free from toxins and pollutants, providing an easily digested and organic protein source which can be enjoyed at any stage of your pet’s life. The organic protein in Rabbit makes it a great choice for dogs with allergies or sensitivities.

Perfect for dogs who:

Are young, fit and healthy
Prefer white meat
Have sensitive stomachs

No one’s mentioned the South Sydney Rabbitohs yet. It’s said that the name came when they would turn up at rugby league games with blood on their football jerseys, rabbit blood from rabbits they had butchered.

mollwollfumble said:

No one’s mentioned the South Sydney Rabbitohs yet. It’s said that the name came when they would turn up at rugby league games with blood on their football jerseys, rabbit blood from rabbits they had butchered.

It didn’t mention it in the article.

It did mention canning rabbits in Camperdown.

sarahs mum said:

mollwollfumble said:

No one’s mentioned the South Sydney Rabbitohs yet. It’s said that the name came when they would turn up at rugby league games with blood on their football jerseys, rabbit blood from rabbits they had butchered.

It didn’t mention it in the article.

It did mention canning rabbits in Camperdown.

The meat preserving industry was at the forefront of this growth. In addition to its Colac works, the Colac Meat Preserving Company opened a branch factory in Camperdown in 1881, which treated up to 1 million rabbits from April to October each year. Up to 90 men and boys worked in the factory and between 200 and 300 trappers supplied it. A Melbourne syndicate headed by Robert Inglis, a landowner in western Victoria, formed the Stonyford Pastoral and Preserving Company in 1884 and commenced work at Stonyford in March 1885 in competition to the Colac firm. It treated a minimum of 600,000 rabbits each year. Inglis was the prime mover behind the establishment of a factory in Hamilton in 1892, which during its first six months purchased 960,000 rabbits. High railway freights and lack of sales lead to its closure in mid-1893. It reopened as a co-operative in February 1895, following a concerted campaign by local landholders and businessmen. Profits from buying and canning 1 million rabbits a year were small, sale of the canned product normally just covered costs, while sale of the skins generated the profits, but the co-operative venture paid dividends of between 10 and 25 per cent a year until the early twentieth century. The Euroa/Longwood, Port Fairy, and Portland works each purchased between 400,000 and 750,000 rabbits a year during the 1890s. The works in Victoria canned 2,800,000 rabbits in 1896, and similar numbers were recorded before and after this date.

mollwollfumble said:

After rabbits stopped bring sold for human consumption they were still used in pet food. eg.

“Sourced from 100% Australian suppliers, the rabbit used in Big Dog Rabbit RAW is naturally grown in the wild. No farmed rabbits on our plate!

“With high levels of calcium and phosphorus and low levels of cholesterol, Rabbit has a great nutritional profile. Our Rabbit is also free from toxins and pollutants, providing an easily digested and organic protein source which can be enjoyed at any stage of your pet’s life. The organic protein in Rabbit makes it a great choice for dogs with allergies or sensitivities.

Perfect for dogs who:

Are young, fit and healthy
Prefer white meat
Have sensitive stomachs

No one’s mentioned the South Sydney Rabbitohs yet. It’s said that the name came when they would turn up at rugby league games with blood on their football jerseys, rabbit blood from rabbits they had butchered.

Those were the days.
The Wynnum Manly FC was full of fishermen back in the day.
Bob Greenhill was one and he was also a very good fast/medium swing bowler.
The son of his brother Roy was the first footballer to be sent off in a State of Origin game.
The Greenhills were a wild bunch but I spent some great holidays out on the bay fishing with them.

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

mollwollfumble said:

No one’s mentioned the South Sydney Rabbitohs yet. It’s said that the name came when they would turn up at rugby league games with blood on their football jerseys, rabbit blood from rabbits they had butchered.

It didn’t mention it in the article.

It did mention canning rabbits in Camperdown.

The meat preserving industry was at the forefront of this growth. In addition to its Colac works, the Colac Meat Preserving Company opened a branch factory in Camperdown in 1881, which treated up to 1 million rabbits from April to October each year. Up to 90 men and boys worked in the factory and between 200 and 300 trappers supplied it. A Melbourne syndicate headed by Robert Inglis, a landowner in western Victoria, formed the Stonyford Pastoral and Preserving Company in 1884 and commenced work at Stonyford in March 1885 in competition to the Colac firm. It treated a minimum of 600,000 rabbits each year. Inglis was the prime mover behind the establishment of a factory in Hamilton in 1892, which during its first six months purchased 960,000 rabbits. High railway freights and lack of sales lead to its closure in mid-1893. It reopened as a co-operative in February 1895, following a concerted campaign by local landholders and businessmen. Profits from buying and canning 1 million rabbits a year were small, sale of the canned product normally just covered costs, while sale of the skins generated the profits, but the co-operative venture paid dividends of between 10 and 25 per cent a year until the early twentieth century. The Euroa/Longwood, Port Fairy, and Portland works each purchased between 400,000 and 750,000 rabbits a year during the 1890s. The works in Victoria canned 2,800,000 rabbits in 1896, and similar numbers were recorded before and after this date.

Wow!

Wouldn’t mind seeing tinned rabbit in our IGA. I presume it was in some sort of gravy.

Bubblecar said:

Wouldn’t mind seeing tinned rabbit in our IGA. I presume it was in some sort of gravy.

Still available in some parts of the world but as pet food.

Bubblecar said:

Wouldn’t mind seeing tinned rabbit in our IGA. I presume it was in some sort of gravy.

Yes. But it would probably be more civil as a devilled paste.

Bubblecar said:

Wouldn’t mind seeing tinned rabbit in our IGA. I presume it was in some sort of gravy.

rabbit isnt kosher

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Wouldn’t mind seeing tinned rabbit in our IGA. I presume it was in some sort of gravy.

Still available in some parts of the world but as pet food.

If you stick to a diet of canned rabbit you might be able to afford a cosy Nordic abode.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Wouldn’t mind seeing tinned rabbit in our IGA. I presume it was in some sort of gravy.

Still available in some parts of the world but as pet food.

If you stick to a diet of canned rabbit you might be able to afford a cosy Nordic abode.

If you stick to a diet of rabbit, you’ll likely die.

sarahs mum said:

The Melbourne Fish Market wholesaled around a million rabbits a year during 1880-1900, with a major spike in numbers to around 5 million rabbits a year in the early to mid-1890s.

That explains the wall then

stan101 said:

sarahs mum said:

The Melbourne Fish Market wholesaled around a million rabbits a year during 1880-1900, with a major spike in numbers to around 5 million rabbits a year in the early to mid-1890s.

That explains the wall then

They built it with rabbits?

roughbarked said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bubblecar said:

Still available in some parts of the world but as pet food.

If you stick to a diet of canned rabbit you might be able to afford a cosy Nordic abode.

If you stick to a diet of rabbit, you’ll likely die.

It used to be called “underground chicken”

roughbarked said:

stan101 said:

sarahs mum said:

The Melbourne Fish Market wholesaled around a million rabbits a year during 1880-1900, with a major spike in numbers to around 5 million rabbits a year in the early to mid-1890s.

That explains the wall then

They built it with rabbits?

To keep the rabbit out. Too many Rabbits in Melbourn fish market